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The meaning of PRODIGAL is characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish. How to use prodigal in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Prodigal.
Prodigal definition: wastefully or recklessly extravagant. See examples of PRODIGAL used in a sentence.
someone who spends or uses large amounts of money, time, energy, etc., especially in a way that is not very wise: The prodigals among them will always be more numerous than the misers. She, who was formerly a prodigal, showed herself suddenly wise and she loathed her shameful deeds.
prodigal. spending (money etc) too extravagantly; wasteful. 1. a disobedient and irresponsible son who wastes money on a life of pleasure and later returns home to ask for his parents' forgiveness. 2. a person who acts irresponsibly and later regrets it.
Use the adjective prodigal to describe someone who spends too much money, or something very wasteful. Your prodigal spending on fancy coffee drinks might leave you with no money to buy lunch. Prodigal usually applies to the spending of money.
2 days ago · 3 meanings: 1. recklessly wasteful or extravagant, as in disposing of goods or money 2. lavish in giving or yielding 3. a.... Click for more definitions.
Exceedingly or recklessly wasteful. Webster's New World. Rashly or wastefully extravagant. Prodigal expenditures on unneeded weaponry; a prodigal nephew who squandered his inheritance. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Extremely generous; lavish. Prodigal with one's praise. Webster's New World.
